Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at California Hospital Medical Center

1401 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1114081056

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$5,317.54

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$10,964.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$175.58 with Noble IPA vs $8,661.56 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Noble IPA Medicaid|> 21 $175.58 ↓ -97%
Noble IPA Medicaid|< 21 $175.58 ↓ -97%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $195.09 ↓ -96%
Inland Empire Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $195.09 ↓ -96%
Angeles IPA Medicare|All Plans $195.09 ↓ -96%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $195.09 ↓ -96%
Preferred IPA Medicaid|Risk $195.09 ↓ -96%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $195.09 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $243.86 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $264.54 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $264.54 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $273.13 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $273.13 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $292.63 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $292.63 ↓ -94%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $686.72 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $975.45 ↓ -82%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $975.45 ↓ -82%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $2,741.00 ↓ -48%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $2,741.00 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,417.00 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,374.00 ↑ +20%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $6,578.40 ↑ +24%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $6,797.68 ↑ +28%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $7,345.88 ↑ +38%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,565.16 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7,674.80 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|Promise $8,223.00 ↑ +55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,265.00 ↑ +55%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,442.28 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,661.56 ↑ +63%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,458.01 $295.15 – $6,158.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11,124.15 $195.09 – $25,471.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10,188.48 $195.09 – $25,471.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9,518.01 $195.09 – $9,450.02
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9,415.39 $195.09 – $25,398.45
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $427.38 $3,982.87 – $6,972.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,628.53 $195.09 – $7,614.60
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $11,132.28 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00

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